Did he say anything? [LWN.net]

Did he say anything?

Posted Feb 24, 2008 9:31 UTC (Sun) by muwlgr (guest, #35359)
In reply to: Did he say anything? by drag
Parent article: Planning for Ubuntu 8.10ish - The Intrepid Ibex

Yes, /etc/network/interfaces and GUI frontends like NetworkManager are certainly stomping on
each others. E.g., I boot Kubuntu 7.04 LiveCD (or was that 7.10 ?) on Sony VAIO VGN-TX5MRN,
and to operate wireless interface (eth1) from inside KDE, I have first to run 'ifdown' for it,
as it is listed in /e*/n*/i*s and brought up on the LiveCD startup (naturally, without any
knowledge about SSID, passphrase and so on).

I would wish that all these GUI configuration tools be wrappers/frontends to their
command-line underlyings, which in turn could easily be used without any GUI.

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